Gevrey-Chambertin wine originates from the village of the same name, or the neighbouring locality of Brochon, which have identical terroirs. The original name, Les Brosselles, designated an area of scrubland, but long ago vines were planted and the name became Les Evocelles. It is Brochon’s most exceptional and best-known climat, ideally located in the edge of a coomb near the top of the slope. Its exposure and location are often compared to Les Ruchottes-Chambertin, and indeed the two wild, unpretentious climats have strong resemblances. The remains of age-old walls run down the slope, intermingled with old murgers, which are piles of stones removed from the vines over the centuries by generations of winegrowers.
Technical sheet
The appellation
This, the Domaine’s first vineyard back in 1966, is dear to our hearts. Its name derives from Les Brosselles, which meant a patch of scrubland. This climat is ideally located in the wildest, most unpretentious part of the village. The vines are on a steep east-south-east slope, with just the right degree of calcareous soil, a dream plot...
The vine
Les Evocelles (young vignes)
Surface: 1.236 ha
Plantings: 2011 and 2012
Planting density: 13 600 vines/ha
Les Evocelles (old vignes)
Surface: 1.898 ha
Plantings: in 1956 to 2010
Planting density: 10 000 vines/ha
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Soil and subsoil: clayey silt near the surface, pure silt beneath (Coteau Potot). Slightly calcareous (benefiting from the advantages of calcareous soil, without suffering from the drawbacks).
Organic agriculture. Received official approval Ecocert in 2001.
Surface: 3.134 ha
Pruning: Guyot
Vineyard news: Earthing-up of the vines in winter. Spraying of nettle and rhubarb, horsetail, yarrow, tansy, comfrey tea during each treatment. Suckers removed in spring.
Geographical situation: parcel in slope.
The wine
Harvest dates: September 30th, 2016 (fruit day), and 1st and 3rd 2016 (root days).
Hand-sorted in the vineyard and in the winery.
Yield: 24 hl/ha
44% of whole bunches, not crushed and vatted by gravity.
No yeast addition.
Maceration: pre-fermentation, cold (12-15°C) for 5 days.
Length of maceration: 19 days.
Length: 15 months on oak barrels and 1 month in vat
New barrels: 32%
Origin of wood: Cîteaux
All barrels racked. Soft filtration. No fining.
December 12nd, 13th ,14th 2017 (root days)
Limited to 5258 bottles, 600 magnums and 10 jeroboams.
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